{"id":"F2020L00131","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100689,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L00131-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (General Pur","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019)

I, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

Michael Sukkar

Dated: 16 December 2019

\n```\n\n## Part 1 — preliminary\n\n### Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019).\n\n### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.\n\n### Determination\n\n 3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.\n\n### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 23 December 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$52,003,603.75

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

-

Total

$55,393,365.39

\n```","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Name of determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Name of determination","content":"### Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 130 (December 2019).","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n 3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Table: General purpose financial assista","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 23 December 2019","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 23 December 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$52,003,603.75

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

-

Total

$55,393,365.39

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the statutory scheme for general purpose financial assistance; it only specifies commencement, the payment date (23 December 2019) and the concrete amounts to be paid to particular States. It neither expands nor narrows eligibility, purposes, or allocation principles set out in the underlying Act."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject matter: a single payment event with a short table of amounts","Fixed monetary values per jurisdiction reduce interpretive complexity","Clear legal source: made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","No new definitions, conditions, or procedural rules included","Minimal cross-references to other statutory provisions","Low discretion recorded in the text once made (amounts and date are fixed)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial determination, made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, directs specific lump-sum general-purpose payments to States on 23 December 2019: Western Australia $52,003,603.75 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,389,761.64, totalling $55,393,365.39. Mechanically, it authorises the Commonwealth to transfer those amounts on the stated date and creates an administrative obligation to make the payments; it does not set new conditions or change eligibility rules."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its original intended purpose under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 — to specify amounts of general purpose financial assistance to be paid to States. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 3 operative provisions","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, s 9(1))","Simple tabular format for the substantive content","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward administrative determination with a single purpose: specifying payment amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $55.4 million in untied general purpose assistance—$52.0 million to Western Australia and $3.39 million to the Australian Capital Territory—scheduled for 23 December 2019. It affects State and Territory governments (the WA and ACT recipients) and federal taxpayers, and matters because untied payments support fiscal equalisation by letting jurisdictions allocate funds to their own priorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-130-december-2019/documents"}}